What you need to know before traveling to Hauts de Seine

The area around Paris called the Île de France, contains the region of Hauts-de-Seine. If you stay here a weekend, Hauts-de-Seine can be a base for visits to Paris and Versaille. In the area you can go see the Le Notre gardens at the Château de Seaux. At the château, you can also visit the Pavillon de Hanover and the Mansarti classical Orangerie. This is also the home of the Museum of the Île de France. You can wander the grounds of the Château du Malmaison of Josephine Bonaparte. There is the Music Salon to see, the English Garden and the renowned Rose Garden. On the forested grounds, you can also visit another structure – the Château Bois Préau, home to a museum dedicated to Napoleon’s exile and death. At Ville-d’Avray, you escape Napoleon. This is the residence of Jean-Baptiste-Camille. Ville-d’Avray is also the subject of many paintings by Corot. This includes the famous “Ville d’Avray.”